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Full nameGustavo Filipe Alves de Freitas Azevedo e Sá
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityPortugal
Age21
Date of birth11 Nov 2004
BirthplacePóvoa de Varzim
Height189 cm
Shirt number#20
ClubFamalicao
Attacking midfielder
32
Appearances
4
Goals
2
Assists
2711
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Famalicao.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Primeira Liga324227116.96
UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Portugal U2120088
UEFA U21 Championshipat Portugal U21302687.17

Scout report

Elite prospectAttacking midfielder

Gustavo Sá is a 21-year-old attacking midfielder at Famalicao, rated 70.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 3rd of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga and 337th of 2878 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been an ever-present this season (88.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sá.

Judged on this season alone, Sá graded 27 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 48 of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 4 goals and 2 assists in 32 appearances (0.199 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 35 → 27). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 71, top 3% of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 21 Sá is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 24.2 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24
Current potentialTop 3% attacking midfielders · Primeira LigaCurrent season20th of 48 attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga20th-best attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga3rd in the Primeira Liga · potential1st-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga337th-highest potential U-23 tracked
70.6
Ratingi
1st of 48 attacking midfielders
26.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
88.6%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.2
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Famalicao finished 5th of 18 · an upper-table side

4
Goals
2
Assists
6
G+A
0.13
Goals / app

4 goals in 32 appearances (0.13 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 6 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 88.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Output. 0.2 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 70.6, Sá carries the 1st-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga (top 3%). In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.2 goal contributions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.